When you get hot you get IN the ocean.
CBB - Jay Fuller wrote:
You know, I came across one of those on the Alabama Gulf Coast last
time I vacationed down there -
* it turned off the hot water when no one was there (but broke - and
did NOT turn the hot water back on!)
* it sensed when a door was open and disabled the air conditioner.
Well that is just ridiculous!!
I go to the beach to hear the ocean....I want to hear the surf....and
not sweat while I do it!
Perhaps I should have tinkered with it....(it was October so it wound
up not being too hot) :)
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Paul Stewart <mailto:p...@paulstewart.org>
*To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>
*Sent:* Sunday, January 8, 2017 6:55 PM
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation
Hehe… there are faucets that you can make “smart” now as well –
last I looked they were extremely expensive though.
For practical stuff, I really like to know when bathroom lights
are left on for extended periods of time by kids … when the garage
door is left open at night etc…. especially with the price of
electricity here (even with LED lighting) …
Also, when nobody is home for periods of time I’ll get an alert
when lights are left on … my hot water tank is connected – it
stops heating the water when nobody is going to be around …
Paul
*From: *Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Chuck McCown
<ch...@wbmfg.com>
*Reply-To: *<af@afmug.com>
*Date: *Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 4:20 PM
*To: *<af@afmug.com>
*Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation
No, get the dog to take out the trash...
*From:*Ken Hohhof
*Sent:*Sunday, January 08, 2017 1:53 PM
*To:*af@afmug.com
*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation
I guess I have a DumbHome.
And oddly, the things I might want to check remotely don’t seem to
be on the list. Like did someone leave the bathroom faucet
running or a burner on the stove lit. With LED lights I don’t
obsess that a light might be left on for 8 hours. And I don’t
need my fridge ordering more eggs from Amazon.
The worst DIY home automation item has to be these Ring
Doorbells. For the time people spend dealing with their bugs,
they could just hire someone to house sit and call them when
someone is at the door.
Now if I could just get the dog to bring in my wife’s paper in the
morning.
*From:*Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Paul Stewart
*Sent:* Sunday, January 8, 2017 2:40 PM
*To:* af@afmug.com
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation
Look at my other posts but in short…
Ecobee3 thermostat system with remote sensors deployed on each
floor in different areas
Zwave vents that are controlled to maintain temperature in
different areas of the house
Light switches all GE (which do not have instant status option but
that’s fine for me) including dimmers
Elk alarm system integrated with controller
Controller is Vera
Amazon Echo/Alexa voice control
Weiser touch screen door locks
Water sensor in basement (zwave)
Whole home energy monitor
List goes on and one J
*From: *Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Tushar Patel
<tpa...@ecpi.com>
*Reply-To: *<af@afmug.com>
*Date: *Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 8:40 AM
*To: *<af@afmug.com>
*Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation
Do you have part list you used you can share?
You mentioned Zwave. What else?
Tushar
On Jan 8, 2017, at 5:58 AM, Paul Stewart <p...@paulstewart.org> wrote:
My house used to run purely on Control4 system ..
professionally installed and quite expensive. I got sick of
$125 service calls for rather simple stuff to be done and
decided to replace it with a DYI system…. The Control4 system
with labour and service calls etc set me back around $25k in
total.
Right now with the DYI system I have probably $4k invested
plus my time … at most. Zero monthly subscription, zero
headaches …. And no service calls.
The one part though that I think a lot of folks overlook (as I
did) is working with electrical in your house … I replaced
outlets and switches for example and the zwave stuff I used is
much deeper than normal switches – I wish now that I had just
hired an electrician to mess around with that stuff in
particular as it’s not something I do every day kind of thing ….
I know someone in my area that does home automation for a
living … done it for years. He is very busy … his main
clients are folks who have cottages and wish to remotely
control/monitor their properties especially during times they
are not visiting it very much …
Paul
*From: *Af <af-boun...@afmug.com> on behalf of Joe Novak
<jno...@lrcomm.com>
*Reply-To: *<af@afmug.com>
*Date: *Friday, January 6, 2017 at 4:13 PM
*To: *<af@afmug.com>
*Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Home automation
https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/
Just reading that a little bit may peak your interest in the
DIY stuff. I am considering setting up a system at home.
https://home-assistant.io/ is the software I'd like to use to
run it.
On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:48 PM, jay weekley
<iluvbroadb...@gmail.com> wrote:
That's what I was wondering. I look at the stuff Lowe's
and wonder how many people have the knowledge to set it
all up but I have zero knowledge in the products. Maybe
it's time to automate my thermostat.
On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 1:37 PM, Lewis Bergman
<lewis.berg...@gmail.com> wrote:
There is so much do it yourself gear out there now I
would think the only money would be in the very high
end stuff. Things you probably have to focus as a sole
business.
On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 10:23 AM jay weekley
<iluvbroadb...@gmail.com> wrote:
Is there any real money to be made in home
automation? Any recurring revenue? How about
headaches and problems?
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